Clothes-rack.



4 C. W. D UDLEY.

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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ov. 9. 1910.

Patented July 9, 1912.

CHESTER VJ. DUDLEY, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification or Letters atent.

Patented Jnly, 1912.

Applicatnm led Eovember 9, 1910. Serial No. 591,519.

Heretofore it' has been customary topi-o-4 vide folding clothes-racks for various purposes, such racks being suitable for attachment toconvenient supports, as te the woodwork within a room, and arranged to be folded when not in use. Such foldingn c1othes-racks, however, were intended to be secured by comparatively permanent means to the woodwork, as by screws, and were capable 'of being readily folded, but were inf capa-blc of being readily detached and re' moved when not in use. Such prior racks, if intended for outdoor use, were not sutilciently braced or formed to be suitable for outdoor use because of the extra strain in cident to wind pressure, particularly when the rack was loaded with clot-hes or tlie like; and outdoor folding clothes-racks were entirely unsuitable for indoor use, and, so far as I am'aware, neither such indoor 'nor out door racks were capable of being readily detached from their supports and removed.

It is an important object of this invention to'provide a. cloth-rack, suitable for use either within a room or without.. which shall .be readil?.T detachable and easily attached,

In the preferred embodiment of the iii:

`vention a detachable clothes-rack is provided. suitable for outdoor use, comprising a horizontally arranged frame which is pir otally connected with a bracket or bracing member, and the inner ends of both the horizontal .frame and the bracket are adapted to be dctachably connected with. the exq terior Woodwork of an ordinary window frame.

Referring to the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention: the ligure shows, in perspective, the ex terior of a building with the usual Wooden window frame, with my Adetachable clothesf rack attached thereto, The dotted line indicates how the clothes-rack may be folded when not in use, if it is not desired to detach it entirely. y l

The numeral 1 designates the usual Wooden window sill, and 2 and 3 the side frames thereof. Suitable screw eyes 4 and 5 are secured in the window sill 1 and similar screw eyes 7 and S are placed in the frames 2 and 3 respectively. The screw eyes 4 and 5 should be spaced apart a suitable distance tc fit the spread of the clothes rack intended to be held, as will be readilyv understood, and the screw eyes 7 and 8 should similarly be v'placed at a height an propriate for the length of the bracket or bracing member of the rack.

As herein shown, the clothes-rack com-4 prises a U-shaped frame 10, 11, and 12, preferably formed from a continuous piece of galvanized wire, brass or the like, and a llshaped brace or bracket member 14, 15, and 16, which may be farmed of similar material. The inner ends of frame arms 1. and 12, and of the brace arms 14 and 16 are preferably formed with suitable bends, which may be substantially right-angled in order te engage the sockets of the screw eyes. The rack, being of metal, will `prrr;

vide sufiicient resiliency to retain these bent ends in the screw eyes, when they are sprang into engagement therewith. The frame arms 10 and 12 are preferably provided with loops as indicated at 17 and 1S, through which the portion 15 of the brace member passes, thus forming a strong pivotal connection between the brace and the frame. ln order to enable the frame te be folded and `allowed to hang downwardly out of the way, when not in use, it may be desirable to form the inner end portions of the frame arms 10 and 12 with ctlset sections 2O and 2l, so that the frame arms can be folded downwardly'over the projecting portions of the Window sill, as indicated ins the dotted lines in the drawing. Such folding is quickly accomplished by simply detachingi the brace arms 14 and 16 from their respective screw eyes 8 and 7, and permit ting the entire rack to hang by tbe lower screw eyes t and 5. lt. will be acted that this construction provides a, clothesuraek which can be readily and instantly detached and entirely removed, cr may partially detached and folded downwardly., and yet length as desired.

which is so fcrmed as to provide a lrigidbrace and be capable of Withstandin all the strain and stress incident to out-oit oor use in Windy Weather. This device is partiell- 'larly adapted for use in the modern apartment houses, Where facilities fer drying clothes are'very limited andunsatisfactory.

`The detachable rack of my invention can be made of appropriate Width. to fit the standard sizes of windows and of such A, plurality of cross-bars 'similar to the arms 11 and 15 may be pro- -vided in racks of suitable size, or an ordiH nary clothes-line maybe run from one f'n to the other, to increase the @Milles-holding capacity of the raciti The location of the pivotal connection between the frame and the bracket 'member is, of course, dependent upon the style and size of the rack, the important feature being that a bracingi een struction is thereby obtained to ren erthe clothes-rack safe and suitable for outdoor use.

claim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent of the UnitedwStaes is:

l. A pair of U-shap'ed frames, one of Having described my lnvention, Awhat il" lterminals of its side arms, the other frame having its intermediate portionjournaled in said eyes, and means for cletachably securing the side arms of both frames to the Window frame.

2. A detachable clothes rack, comprising a pair of U-shaped members, one of said members heini' a bracket nieinbery adapted to be detachaly secured to the sides of a Window iframe and pivotally connected to the otherl and horizontal member at a point intermediate its length, said horizontal mem'ber having its inner end portions offset, whereby both the horizontal member and the bracket membermay be `folded downl-l Wardly 'when the bracket member only is der, tachedi signed mynanie iii-ith@ presence of two with'sfses at Boston, day of October 1910.

CHESTER W, IEY:

Witnesses: Y A

JAMES '1%. Hennen, JOHN H. MCCREADY,

Washington, D. C.

v l 45 n Witness `whereof I have hereuntt') Massachusetts, this Slet 

